Ex-officer's Internet sex case adjourned

Both sides agree to new date for Troy sergeant in Queens courtroom

Bob Gardinie, Times Union

By Bob Gardinier

Updated 6:52 am, Thursday, November 15, 2012

Troy police sergeant Patrick Rosney was arrested on sex charges late last week after New York City investigators found Sgt. Rosney trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl who he met online. Rosney was released on bail last Saturday. (NewsChannel 13)

TROY — The case of a former city police sergeant facing Internet sex charges in New York City has been adjourned until next month while he considers a plea deal.

Patrick Rosney, 53, appeared on Nov. 1 in Queens County Court for a trial conference at which the parties agreed to postpone the case until Dec. 11, a spokeswoman for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.

Rosney retired after his June 1 arrest on charges of felony first-degree dissemination of indecent materials to minors and misdemeanor attempted endangering the welfare of a child.

In the sting, an NYPD detective pretended to be a 14-year-old girl and chatted with Rosney by AOL and Yahoo instant messaging.

Rosney, a records officer and city officer for 26 years, allegedly sent the messages from his home computer. Rosney did not use a department computer, Troy police officials said.

Detective Sean Ryan, the officer who posed as the 14-year-old girl, said he received a message from an email address that he later traced to Rosney at his East Greenbush home at 3:35 p.m. May 15, according to a deposition.